Should I keep it?

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Should I keep it?

Ever since I owned a Hi-Point C9 9mm pistol, the 9mm Luger cartridge has been my all time favorite handgun round to shoot. I've owned more 9mm handguns than any other because it is what I shoot the best. I have an XD45 that I am thinking about trading or selling for a SIG P226 or P229 9mm or maybe just maybe another Glock 17 (sold the first one and now regret it). Something tells me I should keep the XD45 because everyone should have a good big bore handgun, but it is expensive to shoot on my salary and it just sits in the safe, even when I head out to the range.

If I do end up selling my one and only big bore handgun for another 9mm, all my handguns will be 9mm (except the S&W 642). I do live in Alaska but I don't really go hunting or hiking so having a big powerful handgun isn't necessary for me, then again .45 ACP is not the best choice for defense against bears and other wild animals. I tend to spend most of my time within the city of Anchorage so I just carry my Glock 19.

So I ask this,

Should I keep my XD45 or sell/trade it for something I am more likely to shoot at the range?

Have you tried out the Sig you want first? If you already have weight out what you think are negatives and positives of each pistol, then make you selection from there. Either way you will have a quality firearm.

I would sell it. For me there are two kinds of shooting. Shooting at the range and the possible self defense shot. After months of reading I'm convinced the 45acp has been superseeded by the 40 S&W for the defense shot. More rounds in the magazine and an equally effective cartridge. For the range I think 9mm edges out the other calibers. It's less expensive. Of course, if you're wealthy you might prefer the 45 as a range gun.

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

I have 750 rounds of 9mm FMJ sitting in my safe and I still have the 230 grain HSTs I bought when I got the XD45, and have purchased one box of .45 ACP target ammo the two times I did take it to the range. I do have much more experience with the 9mm, but I still enjoy the shove of the .45 Auto cartridge.

If you do sell it, you'll probably do a lot better financially if you sell it privately. If you sell it to a gun store or trade it in you'll take a big loss. That's where they make their profit on trades. I don't blame them for it - but it's reality.